Hi all. More sweat and some blood lost today. The second floor is down and we have frames strategically placed around the floor so we can frame up quickly tomorrow. The engineering is further complicated by the fact that the beams which run through the spine of the roof are bigger than the spaces left in the steel frames to hold them. Hmmm. What to do. I think the problem started when our engineer got very very safety conscious and arranged for these huge beams of laminate timber ply. They are nearly 40cm deep and have to be drilled straight up (about 8 cm thick, doesn't leave much leeway for crooked drilling) to hold the rafters with these big bolts the engineer wants. This has to happen approx every 90cm along the length of the building. But the frames don't fit around these huge beams. We have put it into the hands of the frame makers to see what they can come up with.
I will be very pleased to see the beams in place - might even be able to go home and see everyone for a few days. The builder is quite worried about how it will all happen but I guess you get that on the big jobs (to paraphrase Bash)
Hey Kate, I hope you swam well at your swimming carnival. Will call you Saturday night to hear about it.
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